Farm-gate.



STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER HENINGS AND GEORGE E. MCGEE, OF VEST HOPE, OHIO.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,309, dated June 5, 1900. Application ilediMarch 24, 1900. Serial No. 10,055. (NO model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern/L' Be it known that we, CHESTER E. HENINGsand GEORGE E. MCGEE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Vest Hope, in the county of Henry and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm- Gates; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. A

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gates, and especially to a tilting gate mounted upon a swinging post and having means for tilting the gate so that the latter will not close by gravity.

More specifically the invention consists in a combination swinging and sliding gate in which the gate is mounted between swinging posts which are provided withbracessnpporting a curved track'on which a pulleywheel journaled between two Vof the side strips of the gate travels, the rear end of said track having a series of notches on its underedge, which are adapted to engage a pin carried by the rotating posts, whereby as said brace carrying the forward end of the track is raised the notches will engage said pins and hold the forward end of the gate elevated,

suitable means being provided for raising the reference marked thereon, form part of this application, and in which- Eigurel is a side elevation of ourimprove gate shown as in a closed relation and in dotted lines showing the gate-latch released and the gate slightly open, andFig. 2 is a side elevation of the gate open and tilted.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the vertical post, having an arm A' secured to its upper end.

C O designate two posts which are secured at their'lower ends to a pintle D, interposed between said posts, and said pintle is seated in a-socket D' and adapted to rotate therein. The upper ends of the posts O are also-se- Ycured to a similar pintle D2., which is journaled in an aperture in the arm A. The gate E, which is of the usual construction, has a fastener F at its forward end adapted to engage a pin mounted on the post G. Between the central cross-pieces Eof the gate is mounteda pin c, on which is journaled a grooved pulley J.

On the outer faces of the posts C, near their lower ends, are pins K, 'on which are journaled the supporting brace-strips M. Between the upper ends of said brace-strips is supported one end of the track N, which is slightly curved near its forward end, which end is pivoted to a pin N', supported by said strips. This track extends between two of the longitudinal strips of the gate, passing between the strips E, and the grooved pulley J isadapted to rest on the upper 'edge of said track. Between the posts C O is mounted a pin R, which is adapted to be engaged. by the notches n, in the under edge of the track near its free end. Secured to the free end of the track is a rope S, the otherv end of said rope being attached to the upper end of one of said strips M, as shown. Said rope passes over an antifriction-roller T directly over the pin R, so that when the operator pulls down on said rope at any location between the posts O C and the upper end of the strip to which the rope is attached the free end of the track may be raised, so that the notches will disengage the pin R and allow the gate to drop to a hori- Zontal position. v I

In operation the gate being closed and it being desired to open the same,the catch F is first released from the retaining-pin in the post G and the gate is allowed to slide longitudinally, the grooved pulley riding on the track described. When the gate has been slid back one-half of its length, the gate and posts supporting the same may be swung at right angles to its closed position, and when it is desired to hold the gate partially open the oper- IOVO tilted up. The gate being in this tilted position cannot slide into a closed position by gravity, and when it is desired to close the gate the operator merely pulls down on the rope connected to the free end of the track, and the notched end will be disengaged from the pin R, the gate and strips M will fall to their normal position and the gate will be closed and latched.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a gate, the combination with the vertically-rotatable posts, the stationary post having an arm to which the upper ends of said posts are held, a sliding gate, a pulley carried thereby, the retaining-pin fastened between said rotatable posts, a track having a series of notches on its under edge adapted to engage said pin, the strips pivoted at their lower ends to said posts, and at their upper ends to the track and supporting the same, a rope secured at one end to the free end of said track, thence passed over a pulley, and its other end fastened to the upper end of one of said strips, as set forth.

2. In combination with the rotatable posts, the gate sliding between the latter, a grooved pulley journaled between the gate-strips, a retaining-pin extending between said posts, a slightly curved track having a series of notches on its under edge, near its free end, a rope connected to the free end of said track, and passed over a pulley, strips M pivoted at their'lower ends to the rotatable posts, the pin carried by the upper ends of said pivoted strips, one end of said track being supported on the pin carried by said strips, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we aliix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHESTER E. HENINGS. GEORGE E. MCGEE. lVitnesses:

. ToHN BONNER, HENRY J. NICHOLS. 

